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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NAVY (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

AL SHAHEEN patrol boats (1975)

Names

الشاهين [Al Shaheen]
ألقاب [Al Aqab]

Builders

Cheverton, Cowes, UK: Al Shaheen, Al Aqab

Completed

1975: AL Shaheen, Al Aqab

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1990s: Al Shaheen, Al Aqab

 

Displacement standard, t

20

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

15.2

Breadth, m

4.30

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

850

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(20)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

8

Project history: Sharjah Police, in 1977 transferred to UAE Coast Guard. GRP hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Al Shaheen 1975

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